Stocks to watch Friday: Bank of America, Google

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trading in Friday’s session are Bank of America Corp., Mattel Inc. and Google Inc.

Bank of America
BAC, +0.61%
is expected to report first-quarter earnings of 28 cents a share, according to analysts surveyed by FactSet Research. Late Thursday, the company said it’s cutting 1,500 jobs in its mortgage-origination business.

Mattel
MAT, -0.64%
reported a first-quarter net profit of 5 cents a share, ahead of the consensus forecast of 4 cents, as sales rose 8% to $951.9 million. On Thursday, rival Hasbro Inc.
HAS, -0.83%
reported adjusted earnings of 12 cents a share for the quarter, short of Wall Street’s consensus estimate of 17 cents, and it shares lost 3% on the session.

Charles Schwab Corp.
SCHW, -0.25%
is estimated to report a profit of 19 cents a share for the first quarter.

Genuine Parts Co.
GPC, -0.22%
is forecast to post earnings of 75 cents a share in the first quarter.

Knoll Inc.
KNL, -0.55%
is likely to report a first-quarter profit of 20 cents a share.

After Thursday’s closing bell, Google
GOOG, +1.66%
posted first-quarter adjusted earnings of $8.08 a share, compared with the consensus forecast of of $8.11 a share.

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